Trying my hardest to be civil in this uncivilised world.
That’s like 4 people, man, come on. Also, it is DRASTICALLY different, because the differences between the sexes are well documented and easily seen, what are the racial differences that cannot be explained by culture that result in some ethnicities being more dangerous than others? 🤔
Women have to be protected by men FROM other men, across cultures and time. Be real.
I don’t think anyone worth listening about anything would find this problematic. It ain’t women casually raping and killing, we all know that.
Lemmings are better than that, and this place is for serious stuff only (nvm the fact that most of us are propagandised sheep who have never thought about anything deep in earnest)! (?)
He kept all the magic thingies and even added an element that was not present in the books with the random female voice/voices “speaking prophecies” to Paul. But more importantly, he ruined a main character, transforming her into basically a contemporary American. It might be well paced, it might be pretty, but it’s not Dune and it doesn’t make as much sense as it should have had they not messed with it for the sake of larger audiences.
Must? Idk about that. Will, sure, for financial reasons usually, but there were too many big, nonsensical changes in Denis story… This is like making Sam from LOTR a sneaky, dishonest fella but keeping the rest of the story as it is. 🤷
What’s the other option? Telling daddy America to stop their most recent incursion in a far away land for the sake of profit so things can go “back to normal”? Do you think they’ll listen? Thank God someone might be able to provide us with cheapish oil, that’s all we can say now.
Denis either didn’t get Dune (doubt it, or at least I’d like to believe so, seeing how fascinated he’s been with Dune, historically, but he’s a visual artist and not a philosopher/writer so it’s always possible) or was forced by money people for money reasons to drastically change some important characters in ways that make no internal sense (but are more appealing to the Western audience). Both movies are basically just well shot, very pretty spectacles and, if you’ve read Dune, you know the essence of it is in the silent reflection, logical inferences and ideological battles, so even at their core the movies failed to understand Herbert. Idk, it’s just a mess, a very pretty one but “random religious disunity in a group that actually believes and is currently being subjugated by the great powers” and “spicy, annoying, immature New-Yorker who’s supposed to be the ideal, loving and wise woman (and much of the reason why the plot advances at all) for a man assaulted by visions and the pressure of power” definitely soured the whole watching experience.
Sadly, I think that slop flicks will remain popular the same way and for the same reasons McDonald’s is.
I don’t think anyone has “cared” about SW since the prequels (besides children, ofc, I was one of them!), tbh.
I think I got drunk for the first time at the age of 13, partied hard til I was 19, then “took a break” from it and went hard again in my early army days (2015/16). I haven’t had any alcohol in 8ish years or something like that (for more than just religious reasons).
Some people, like me, just got drunk to be in a “better” position to make some indecent proposals to drunk girls in pubs/clubs, and once you’re out of that cycle (in my case, I met my now wife) it loses any utility. Other people really enjoy the effects of booze, and that’s it. The first group will more easily leave it in the past, for obvious reasons.
I’ve been hearing a lot about this piefed business, time to check it out in earnest, maybe. 👍
Once you’ve moved from amorality and imperialist propaganda to basic morality and human decency, there are still many details to iron out, I guess. 😅
Like, the concept of there being two sexes, maybe? In reality, not just as something fluid you can just decide on a whim. Unless they actually meant “transpeople will make everyone gay”, which I doubt, lol.
The last one is undeniable for a subsection of transfolk. The “neurodivergent, isolated kid on 4chan that gets programmer socks and starts their transition” path is well known.
This is a mostly Western place and two big Western players might have just started WW3 (okay, hopefully and probably not but still), I feel like it’s warranted.
No particular complaints regarding the people or topics, but I wish we could do more than just up or downvote a post. In other online communities you can 🤣, or ❤️, or even 🤡 a post and that makes the experience much more enjoyable IMO, lol.
First and only thing that came to mind. There’s a reason this is “news”.
A good chunk of European Americans don’t care about anything to the degree they should because, as bad as they have it, they have never been the primary target of their empire’s sins.
Tangential: Btw I’ve been seeing too many Americans casually speaking about their incursion in Iran (“they should know not to mess with us!”/“they deserve it” kinda stuff) and it’s utterly disgusting. I used to be confused and conflicted about God bringing down Sodom and Gomorrah… no land has a vast majority amoral, hedonistic, uncaring people, right? But I was childish, time has opened my eyes.
Introducing yourself to others is like the basis of all socialization. 🤔
From one non-white man to another: you seem like a good hearted person, but I didn’t say all of that and you’re fighting windmills. I wish I could give you a longer reply but I’ve clocked in and I have to work, sadly. Take care, friend. 👋